I was in Las Vegas for the SEMA Show. I called Dr Louk at 2 in morning and he answered his phone himself and was at my Bellagio room 30 minutes later. I usually bring colchicine pills with me, but forgot them this trip. Dr Louk gave me 15 free sample pills, with the usual precautions of this powerful drug. He numbed my foot up and took a joint fluid sample and then injected the joint with a medication called betamethasone acetate. I was able to work the next 3 long days at the trade show. Dr Louk called me the next morning to tell me that he saw uric acid crystals in my joint fluid using a special microscope at his office, just for gout. He sent a report to my internist in Chicago who had always suspected gout, but was never able to draw a good joint fluid sample. If you have a gout attack, don’t wait all day for the pills to work. Call Dr and get the shot.

I was in Las Vegas for the SEMA Show and had a terrible gout attack in my foot. I called Dr Louk at 2 in the morning and he answered the phone himself and was at my Bellagio room about 30 minutes later. He numbed my foot, which gave immediate pain relief. He then took a joint fluid sample and injected the joint with a medicine and gave me 15 colchicine pills, which I usually travel with, but forgot this trip. Dr Louk called me the next morning to confirm that he saw uric acid crystals in the joint fluid on his microscope at his office, so I definitely had a gout attack and will follow up with a report to my internist in Chicago. Within an hour of paying $280 for this house call, I received an insurance claim form to send to my own health insurance company. It turns out I had a $2000 annual deductible, but at least it was applied to my deductible.